Wednesday, October 3, 2012

V/A - Shiny Grey Monotone Radio - Show 5

Label: n/a
Year: 2012

Number five in the Radio Show series, and it's a nasty one. Starts off swinging and only gets burlier as it lumbers forward on a mission to pulverize. It finally takes it's foot off the gas briefly about two thirds of the way through, but that respite only heightens the full throttle beating it delivers until the final scree of feedback closes out the proceedings after 54 draining minutes.
The observant (or compulsive, or nerdy) may note that this version of the compilations was the first to offer a few "couplets", or pairing of songs, based on some random trivia or another. Shared membership, geographic locale...my rationale knows no consistency, but maybe you'll pick up on it. Maybe you won't care (probably advisable) and you'll just enjoy it for what it's worth.
The bands are:
Craw
Glazed Baby
Loudspeaker
Shallow, North Dakota
Crawlpappy
King Snake Roost
400 Blows
Love 666
Pride Parade
Brass Castle
Silkworm
Boilermaker
Hum
The Raymond Brake
Pipe
Worst Case Scenario
The Great Unraveling